SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
4:30 pm | Social Get-together |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | What’s The Future of Matrix Isolation |
| Discussion Leader: Ara Apkarian (University of California, Irvine) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Vladimir Bondybey (Technical University of Munich) "Charged Species and Charge Recombination in Rare Gas Solids” |
8:10 pm - 8:50 pm | Marilyn Jacox (National Institute of Technology and Standards) “Exploring the World of Molecular Ions” |
8:50 pm - 9:30 pm | Lon Knight (Furman University) "Matrix ESR Spectroscopy: From Nucleobase Radical Ions to Metal Hydrides in Solid Hydrogen” |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Reactive Species and Processes |
| Discussion Leader: Chuck Wight (University of Utah) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Lester Andrews (University of Virginia) "Infrared Spectra and DFT Calculations of Novel Molecules Containing Metal Atoms” |
9:40 am - 10:20 am | Nigel Young (University of Hull) "Matrix isolation studies of Unstable, Reactive and High Temperature Inorganic Species" |
10:20 am - 10:50 am | BREAK / PHOTO |
10:50 am - 11:10 am | Stefan von Ahsen (University of Duisberg) "The Trifluoromethyl Trioxy Radical, CF3OOO" |
11:10 am - 11:50 am | Thomas Bally (University of Fribourg) "The surprising fate of matrix-isolated [1.1.1] propellane on ionization, and what we learned from it" |
11:50 am - 12:30 pm | Guido Maes (Catholic University of Leuven) "Matrix Isolation vs Theory of Biomolecules: Congruity or Conflict?” |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Novel Species and Matrices |
| Discussion Leader: Werner Klotzbucher (Max Planck Institute for Radiation Chemistry) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | David Avnir (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) "Entrapment of Organic Molecules in Metals” |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Takayuki Kumada (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute) "Tunneling Diffusion and Recombination of H Atoms in Solid H2" |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Anders Engdahl (University of Lund) "The HOOH-HOO Complex. A Matrix Isolation Study" |
8:50 pm - 9:30 pm | Benny Gerber (Herbrew University of Jerusalem) "Novel Rare-Gas Compounds in Low-Temperature Matrices: Formation Mechanisms and Properties” |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Quantum Matrices and Systems |
| Discussion Leader: Mario Fajardo (Eglin Air Force Base, Florida) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Roger Miller (University of North Carolina) "Matrix Isolation in a Quantum Liquid: Helium Nanodroplet Spectroscopy" |
9:40 am - 10:20 am | Andrey Vilesov (University of Southern California) "Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules in Helium Droplets” |
10:20 am - 10:50 am | BREAK |
10:50 am - 11:10 am | Mario Fajardo (US Air Force Research Laboratory) "Aluminum Atoms and Aluminum Hydrides in Solid Parahydrogen" |
11:10 am - 11:50 am | Takamasa Momose (Kyoto University) "Physics and Chemistry of Isolated Molecules in Hydrogen Crystals” |
11:50 am - 12:30 pm | Robert Hinde (University of Tennessee) "Dopant-induced Infrared Activity in Solid Hydrogen: A Spectroscopic Probe of Quantum Solvation” |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Astrophysical Species and Studies |
| Discussion Leader: William Graham (Texas Christian University) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Jacek Krelowski (Nicolas Copernicus University) "High Resolution Profiles of Interstellar Spectral Features” |
8:10 pm - 8:50 pm | Carl Gottlieb (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) "Carbon Chains and Rings in the Laboratory and Space" |
8:50 pm - 9:30 pm | Jos Oomens (FOM Institute, Nieuwegein) "Infrared Spectrosocopy of Gas Phase Molecular Ions Using FELIX” |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Reactive Species and Processes II |
| Discussion Leader: Zofia Mielke (University of Wroclaw) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Rui Fausto (Univerity of Coimbra) "Matrix-Induced Changes of Low-Energy Conformational Levels Sequence: Proof for Molecules Showing Different Ground Conformational States in the Gas Phase and in Inert Gas Matrices” |
9:40 am - 10:20 am | Bryce Williamson (University of Canterbury) "Jahn-Teller Coupling in the Ground and Excited States of the Ferricenium Radical Trapped in Ar” |
10:20 am - 10:50 am | BREAK |
10:50 am - 11:10 am | Murthy Gudipati (University of Maryland) "Optical Spectroscopy of VUV Processed Cryogenic Water Ices: Astrophysical Relevance" |
11:10 am - 11:50 am | Robert Sheridan (University of Nevada) "Cutting Corners-Organic Reactions at Very Low Temperatures” |
11:50 am - 12:30 pm | Wolfgang Harbich (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) "Softlanding, Stability, and Optical Properties of Small, Size-selected Ag Clusters Embedded in Rare Gas Matrices” |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Dynamical Processes in Matrices |
| Discussion Leader: Heinz Frei (University of California, Berkeley) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Mika Pettersson (University of Helsinki) "Spectroscopy, Tunneling Dynamics, and Conformer Selective Photochemistry of Formic Acid in Rare Gas Matrices" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Claudine Crepin-Gilbert (University of Paris-Sud) Time Measurements of Vibrational Coherence in Matrices: A Probe of Weak Molecular Interactions" |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Short talk - TBA |
8:50 pm - 9:30 pm | Matias Bargheer (Free University of Berlin)
"Ultrafast Dynamics of Halogens in Rare Gas Solids" |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Photochemical Studies |
| Discussion Leader: Yehuda Haas (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Hinrich Grothe (Technical University of Vienna) "Chlorine oxide radicals and their photochemical behavior studied by FTIR and UV/vis spectroscopy in different matrices” |
9:40 am - 10:20 am | Alkwin Slenczka (Regensburg University) "Emission Spectra of Organic Molecules in Superfluid Helium Droplets” |
10:20 am - 10:40 am | BREAK |
10:40 am - 11:00 am | Short Talk |
11:00 am - 11:40 am | David Anderson (University of Wyoming) "Small Molecule Photodissociation Studies in a Quantum Solid” |
11:40 am - 12:30 pm | Business Meeting - Martin Vala, Presiding |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Banquet |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Musical Evening |
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FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |